One Piece Film: Strong World (ワンピースフィルム ストロングワールド Wan Pīsu Firumu: Sutorongu Wārudo) is the tenth feature film based on the One Piece franchise, premiering on December 12, 2009 in Japan. It was written by manga creator Eiichiro Oda himself in honor of One Piece's Tenth Anniversary, and was directed by Munehisa Sakai.
Synopsis
News of an attack on the East Blue hits the Straw Hat Pirates along their journey. With their hometowns in trouble, Luffy and his friends put their adventures on hold and decide to head back to East Blue, when suddenly a mysterious flying pirate ship appears out of the sky. The man heading that ship is none other than the infamous Devil Fruit user, Golden Lion Shiki, the same legendary pirate who managed to escape the great undersea prison Impel Down, and stood among such infamous pirates as the "Pirate King" Gol D. Roger and Whitebeard. After abducting Nami for her intuitive navigational skills, Shiki sends Luffy and his crew hurdling down to his own personal floating islands. Separated, the crew finds themselves placed in a battle of survival with terrifying beasts in mysterious surroundings.
The English dub omits the ending theme, "Fanfare" by Mr. Children, due to rights issues, though it is mentioned to be the ending in both the English and Japanese credits at the end of the film.
Vancouver-based voice actor Scott McNeil guest stars as Shiki. Also, his third Texas recorded role the first being Fullmetal Alchemist and the second being Samurai 7.
Sean Schemmel makes his first appearance in the FUNimation dub for One Piece. He was previously a voice actor for 4Kids' dub of the series.
